Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume2 Chapter6 Draft (section)

===Part 3===

The academy courtyard was hazy with the morning mist.

Rinslet Laurenfrost took her maid and wolf for a morning walk.

"Carol, let's have breakfast at the dining hall."

"Yes, milady."

Carol nodded, seemingly happy. The white spirit walking beside her howled in agreement.

Contrary to its ferocious appearance, this wolf made surprisingly round and cute eyes. It was the high-ranked demon ice spirit «Fenrir», which had served the Laurenfrost family for generations.

Walking a contracted spirit wasn't something considered unusual.

They particularly liked being in the «Spirit Forest», which surrounded the academy. For them it was a rather pleasant place.

Girls from the Sylphid Knights were running in agitation around the academy corridors surrounding the courtyard.

"What? It's been noisy since morning."

"It seems that a thief broke into the academy last night, milady."

"To creep into this academy, that's a brave thief— Ah?"

Frowning suddenly, Rinslet raised her voice.

Kamito was walking towards the Spirit Forest from the academy building.

And he was leading a shockingly pretty girl.

"Ah, it's Kamito-sama. The girl beside him is, if I'm not mistaken, the newly admitted student, Fianna-san?"

"..."

Rinslet pouted sullenly.

"I wonder why, my chest is suddenly filled with anger."

"Ah, milady, do you dislike Kamito-sama?"

"Yes, I hate him! That promiscuous person!"

"However, milady, you seem pretty concerned about Kamito-sama."

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"I-I just want to steal Claire Rouge's slave!"

Rinslet's face reddened and she turned away.

—And frowned as she spotted the appearance of another acquaintance.

Right at that moment, Claire came out from the Raven Class dormitory's outer gate.

She looked somewhat strange and was tottering with an unusually depressed expression.

Even her prided red twintails were now pitifully dangling down.

"What on earth happened?"

Rinslet muttered, seemingly worried.

(...She may be my rival, but I cannot abandon her.)

Even if they always quarrel, she couldn’t help but be worried for her childhood friend.

Leaving Carol and Fenrir were they stood, Rinslet quietly approached Claire from behind. 

"W-Why did he— are big breasts really that good? Those lumps of fat..."

"What's that about, Claire Rouge?"

"...! Ri-Rinslet!?"

Claire screamed taken aback.

“Isn’t the pitiful size of your breasts a usual thing?”

"S-Shut up... Enough talking about that! Anyway, have you seen Kamito?" 

"Kamito-san, I happened to see him some time ago. He was walking with a girl, just the two of them."

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"W-What was that?!"

"They went in the direction of the forest. If you run after them, you can still catch up to them."

Claire... groaned.

"I-I don't care about that guy! I hope he dies by suffocation while being buried in breasts!"

"Hey, Claire, what on earth happened?"

Rinslet inquired, seemingly puzzled.

Claire tightly bit her lips—

"Rinslet, be frank and answer me truthfully... W-Why are my breasts small?"

Rinslet kindly smiled at Claire, whose face turned red from the embarrassment.

"You are not at all at fault. It's just a pitiful fact that they won’t grow. Besides, so-called maniac men who like those also exist in out world."

"Rinslet, didn't you say something extremely rude under the pretense of comforting me?"

"It was just your imagination."

Rinslet nonchalantly answered.

"It'd be fine if I could share and give my breast to you, but..."

She muttered— suddenly, Rinslet recalled an article that she read from some magazine.

"Claire, I remembered a method to enlarge your breasts."

"Eh?"

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For a moment Claire gazed at Rinslet with eyes full of anticipation.

...However, it passed as soon as it came and she shook her head.

"...L-Lies, there's no way such a method exists. I heard a rumor that the legendary large breast spirit had been seen in the «Spirit Forest» in the older days and tried to hunt it down, but that was just a ruse."

"Eh, y-you were doing such a shameful thing?"

Rinslet was, as expected, taken aback by the sudden confession.

"S-Shut up... That's enough. I'll hear you out about that method."

"Ahem." Claire said with a cough.

She took a posture that was supposed to demonstrate boredom, but her interest was easily spotted. 

Hmm. Rinslet placed her hand at her chin.

(...Perhaps this is something I can use for trade.)

It seemed that Claire's worries were not something very serious.

If that was the case, she felt like just giving the information to her rival would be a waste. 

(...That reminds me, Claire's team received a S rank quest.)

Rinslet recalled the thing she heard from Carol casual conversation yesterday.

"Well, I guess it’s alright to tell you. However, I won’t do it for free."

"W-What?"

"I want to have the privilege of joining Team Scarlet's current quest."

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"...Huh? Why are you coming along?!"

"It is unfair that only you guys get to go on a trip. Besides, it will be troubling for my manservant to be tamed as you please at a place where my eyes can't reach."

"It isn't a trip; it's a quest. To begin with, Kamito isn't your manservant."

Claire furiously shook her head. It was understandable, after all, if the number of people participating in the quest increased, then the ranking points given to a person would end up decreasing.

"I see, in that case, it's regretful, but I am unable to tell you the method to enlarge your breasts."

"Guu..."

Vexed, Claire gritted her teeth.

For a few seconds, she sternly glared at Rinslet—

"...I-I get it."

Eventually, she sighed giving up.

"You may come along. However, forming a team with you is something temporary."

"Th-That's obvious! Who would join a team like yours?!"